Shawn Cooley
Global Guide 2024
Band 4 : International Trade: CFIUS Experts
Band 4
About
Provided by Shawn Cooley
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Shawn Cooley is a partner in Weil’s Corporate Department. His practice focuses on managing national security reviews and all foreign investment regulatory aspects of cross-border transactions. He brings to bear his deep experience and involvement with the interagency Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and the informal interagency working group known as Team Telecom. Mr. Cooley represents public and private companies, private equity funds, sovereign wealth funds, and pension plans. Before joining Weil, Shawn was a partner at another international law firm. Prior to that, he served for nine years as the Director of Foreign Investment Risk Management at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and advised the Assistant Secretary for Policy, the General Counsel, the Deputy Secretary, and the Secretary within DHS, spanning three administrations, on all matters pertaining to foreign investment in the United States.
Personal
Pennsylvania State University (B.S., 1998); The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2002).
Chambers Review
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Shawn Cooley of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP has experience advising both private equity and corporate clients on CFIUS-related issues concerning US-bound investments and acquisitions.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Shawn brings tremendous knowledge, he's very pragmatic and has a very calm demeanor."
"He is thoughtful and very comfortable to work with."
"Shawn has very good experience in CFIUS cases."
"Shawn brings tremendous knowledge, he's very pragmatic and has a very calm demeanor."
"He is thoughtful and very comfortable to work with."
"Shawn has very good experience in CFIUS cases."
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